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The Taxation of Income from Capital : A Comparative Study of the U.S., U.K., Sweden and West Germany--Comparisons of Effective Tax Rates--
King, Mervyn; Fullerton, Don - 2021
This working paper presents Chapter 7 of a book to be published for the National Bureau of Economic Research by the University of Chicago Press. The point of the book is to compare taxes on income from capital in four countries,accounting for corporate, personal, and property taxes, and...
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Consumer Behavior and Immigrant Assimilation : a Comparison of the United States, Britain and Germany, 1889/1890
Haines, Michael R. - 2022
taken into account. Comparisons of Engel curves are also made to households in Great Britain and Germany. Results from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013309366
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The Taxation of Income from Capital : A Comparative Study of the U.S., U.K., Sweden, and West Germany--The Theoretical Framework--
King, Mervyn; Fullerton, Don - 2021
This working paper presents Chapter 2 of a book that has been submitted to the University of Chicago Press for publication consideration. The point of the book is to compare taxes on income from capital infour countries,accounting for corporate, personal, and property taxes, and including...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013226949
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How Japan and the Us Can Reduce the Stress of Aging
Goldin, Claudia - 2016
The Japanese are becoming older. Americans are also becoming older. Demographic stress in Japan, measured by the dependency ratio (DR), is currently about 0.64. In the immediate pre-WWII era it was even higher because Japan's total fertility rate (TFR) was in the 4 to 5 range. As the TFR began...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012986287
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The Impact of Health and Education on Labor Force Participation in Aging Societies – Projections for the United States and Germany from a Dynamic Microsimulation
Böheim, René; Horvath, Thomas; Leoni, Thomas; … - 2023
2060 and contrast these projections with projections for Germany to assess differential effects on outcomes The projections …. Both the US and Germany are expected to undergo demographic aging, but their demographic fundamentals differ starkly. This … 2020 and 2060, while Germany will experience a decline by 10.7 percent (4.4 million workers). In these baseline projections …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014347913
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Childhood Health and Differences in Late-Life Health Outcomes between England and the United States
Banks, James W. - 2011
In this paper we examine the link between retrospectively reported measures of childhood health and the prevalence of various major and minor diseases at older ages. Our analysis is based on comparable retrospective questionnaires placed in the Health and Retirement Study and the English...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013124540
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International Trade and Finance Under the Two Hegemons : Complementaries in the United Kingdom 1870-1913 and the United States 1920-30
Taylor, Alan M. - 2007
Do international trade and finance flow together? In theory, trade and finance can be substitutes or complements, so the matter must be resolved empirically. We study trade and financial flows from the United Kingdom from 1870 to 1913 and the United States in the interwar years. Trade and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012778305
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How Progressive is the U.S. Federal Tax System? A Historical and International Perspective
Piketty, Thomas - 2010
This paper provides estimates of federal tax rates by income groups in the United States since 1960, with special emphasis on very top income groups. We include individual and corporate income taxes, payroll taxes, and estate and gift taxes. The progressivity of the U.S. federal tax system at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012760747
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A Tale of Two Labor Markets : Intergenerational Occupational Mobility in Britain and the U.S. Since 1850
Long, Jason; Ferrie, Joseph P. - 2021
twentieth century. We extend this comparison into the late nineteenth century using longitudinal data on 23,000 nationally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013235905
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Why U.S. Wage and Employment Behavior Differs from that in Britain and Japan
Gordon, Robert J. - 2021
institutions than in the American case. In this comparison Britain is the odd-man-out, with well-publicized industrial strife …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013239186